People tend to think that vinyl skins for their slippery smartphones will greatly increase grip, but that's just not true. Sure, a skin will protect your $700 piece of glass and metal from fingerprints and scratches, and it might make it a teensy bit grippier, but you'd still be much better off by adding a bit of bulk and going with a case if you want real control over your phone.

However, dbrand is claiming that its new 'Black Dragon' (amazing name, by the way) skin is made of the grippiest material that it's ever made available. That's a big statement to make, but given the robot-run company's track record of bluntness on social media and the like, I'm inclined to believe it.

Grip isn't the only thing that the new Black Dragon material has on its side, though; it looks pretty great as well. Out of all of dbrand's latest oddball skins (which consist of White Marble, Concrete, and Hyperblack Titanium), I personally think the newest addition is the most handsome. And since dbrand skins everything from phones to game consoles to smartwatches, chances are that you own something that they'll sell you a skin for.

To sweeten the pot, dbrand is also offering a rare 20% off sitewide until midnight ET. That means that as of this article's publishing, you have around 3.5 hours to take advantage of this. Plus, there's free global shipping for orders over $20. Not a bad deal.

I just see stuff about them from almost every android enthusiast site I visit.

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Chris

well played spam bot, well played

Cory S

Even though this particular post isn't technically sponsored...I think sites do a lot to stay in their good graces.

Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. For $13 it seemed worth a try since I don't like having a case on my Pixel but the thing is so slick I have to.

atc-tech

I've had a dbrand skin on my Nexus 6 since the day I got it. (November 2014) and it has never shown any signs of wear and tear at all. No lifting at the edges, no dirt collections, no sharp edges.

I also hate cases. I have the Matte Black on my N6 and I think it offers more grip, but I never felt that the phone was slippery to begin with either. I also have a "black leather" on my work phone (Galaxy S7) and it's good too. I think it made that phone easier to hold.

I agree with FFDD FDFFDF "Dbrand quality is not good...." It is way more than good. It is really great quality!

Zorn

This is absolutely true of any of the skins where they have to wrap around a corner, and have those stupid little flaps. Those things absolutely do not last. But on any phones where the skin doesn't have the little flaps, they are much better.

FFDD FDFFDF

Dbrand quality is not good.

FFDD FDFFDF

Not another fake dbrand account here. Will never purchase from this company again. Item never arrived. When I asked about it on Twitter they blocked me. Their are dozens of rip iff reports about them and twitter accounts of other being ripped off

Cory S

dbrand probably spends millions on marketing...but ripped you off on a 7 dollar piece of vinyl?

Jason Merrick

Based on your comments on this post, I can see why they blocked you.

prediscover

I have the marble skin and actually it makes the phone a lot more slippery. Maybe it's just the marble one. Hopefully this one is 'grippier'

Cory S

I tried their marble and wood, each was very slippery. I emailed them last week asking about which of their skins offered the best grip, and they told me this one was going to be by far the best.

prediscover

Of course they said it would be the best... Which one other than the dragon is grippy?

Cory S

Apparently the matte ones are more grippy than the others. I haven't tried though.

Nathan J

Look, if you really want grip, get a clear case (or a case you like the style of) and get a Flygrip. They used to stick to phones, but not so much lately. Or if $30 is too rich for your blood, just search "phone grip" on Amazon. There are a ton of cheap alternatives. I'm actually rocking one right now, because my Flygrip failed (the plastic hinge will always fail... maybe after six months, maybe after 18), but I will buy another... at some point. The one I have now is like a loop, it slides flat or you can slide it up and it makes a P-shaped loop you can also use as a kickstand.

I love dbrand skins (I have a mahogany dbrand case plus the retro Apple logo on my iPhone 6s... looks sweet as hell) but I have a clear Spigen case on my iPhone 6s, with the loop grip thing on it. Form + function. And yet, I've still dropped it a few times... but I would have dropped it more without the grip. Can't see using a phone without one. Especially a huge phone.

Neejay

I've been satisfied by their bamboo rear skin for my 6P, so I figure I'd try this out. Got my order in at 11:59 ET.

FFDD FDFFDF

Hey Dbrand Employee

morteum

I'm fine with dBrand and all but that material is pretty ugly.

Middlefinger

I think almost all of them are really tasteless to be honest. The carbon ones are just so 2010.

They are one of our video sponsors. This is not sponsored content. We were compensated in no way for posting this - it's a deal, dbrand has a new skin (and people are obviously interested in it), we felt it was worth sharing. Full stop.

FFDD FDFFDF

That's a huge conflict of interest.

marcusmarcus2

I really like the looks of that black dragon skin (and the name is pretty cool). To bad I would never see it under my case. I would never go without a case. Maybe if they would make a Black Dragon case for my phone, I would like that!

madmaglio

I'm still wishing they would just make a flat color rubbery soft touch skin for grip.